Caroline Patterson and Meg Coleman

Description

The newly introduced Specialty Certificate Examinations are a compulsory component of assessment for all UK medical trainees and represent the final examination barrier before getting the certificate of completion of training. This book provides a unique exam-specific revision guide for the Respiratory specialty certificate exam.

Comprising of best of five test multiple choice questions and revision notes to facilitate targeted study, Revision Notes for the Respiratory Medicine Specialty Certificate Examination is the only book you need to prepare for this important examination. Questions are based around clinical scenarios and supplemented with images of radiological investigations such as x-rays, and lung function tests. Each question is structured as in the exam itself.

The second half of the book comprises of a series of tutorials covering key areas and difficult concepts assessed in the examination including respiratory infection, respiratory malignancy, industrial lung disease, sleep disorders, standard respiratory tests and medical statistics. The combined approach allows trainees to become acquainted with the "best of five" format and facilitate recognition of areas of weakness and targeted study.

Caroline Patterson and Meg Coleman

Author Information

Dr Caroline Patterson is a graduate of Nottingham Medical School who is undertaking specialist training in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine on the North West Thames Rotation. She is a full time doctor with the Royal Air Force and as such is involved in the aeromedical evacuation of high dependency patients from around the globe, including theatres of war. She is currently undertaking post-graduate research into the use of biomarkers and comprehensive cardiopulmonary computed tomography in acute medical admissions. She is a contributory author for the Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, the Oxford University Press online MRCP educational programme and the Department of Health E-Learning for Health programme.

Dr Meg Coleman graduated from Royal Free and University College London Medical school in 2002 after completing MBBS and an intercalated BSc in Physiology and Pharmacology. After her senior house officer rotation and MRCP (2005) she spent a year working in Intensive Care in New Zealand. She returned to the UK in 2007 to start specialist training in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine on the Northwest Thames rotation. She recently returned from a year working and teaching in Malawi where she undertook research into the causes of pleural effusions in patients with Kaposi's Sarcoma. She is now working as an ST6 at the Royal Brompton Hospital.